66 Transaction «. — Miscellaneous. 



Return, ye gods of the land, 



And ye gods of the sea. v 



Come and save, that this man 



Miy work for us, Tiki, 



For you and me. 



Heal him, heal ! 



If it had been kindled by me on Hawaiki 



It might have been extinguished. 



thou skin, be not diseased by this evil, 

 Cease thou heat, be cured thou burn, 



Be thou extinguished thou fire 

 Of the god of Hawaiki ; 



Ye lakes of heaven give coolness to his skin ; 

 Thou rain, thou hail, come to his skin ; 

 Ye shells and cool stones, come to his skin ; 

 Ye springs of Hawaiki, Rarotonga, and Aotea 

 Come to this skin and cause it to be damp ; 

 Be healed thou skin, be healed. 



Or this charm might be considered sufficient : — 



1 wera i te aha ? 

 I wera i te ahi 

 Ahi a wai ? 



Ahi a Mahuika 

 Tikina mai, whakaorahia 

 He : mahi kai ma taua 

 Wera iti, wera rahi, 

 Wera Ida raupapa. 

 Maku e whakaihi, 

 Maku e whakamana. 



Which may he translated thus: — 



What caused the burn ? 



Fire caused the burn. 



Fir • kindled by whom ? 



Fire kindled by Mahuika [tire goddess]. 



Come and fetch some [fire], spread it out. 



To be a slave to dress food for both of us. 



Small burn, large burn. 



Burn, be crusted over with skin. 



T will make it sacred, 



1 wil' make it effective. 



The Tuhoe people used the following charm, termed a what 

 wera, supposed to have been derived from their great ancestor 

 Tawhaki : — 



Te whai, te whai 



Te t uritaku, te poko tarings 



Te ruahine matua. 



I wera koe ki he i ? 



I wera ki Tarahanga a ue Tawhaki 



1 1 . . k i taku tama 



Ka tokia to kiri ki te wai ti. 



Ki te wai la 



Ka ka te motumotu 

 Ka ka te ngarahu 



lb- wera iti te wera 



